This is from Laughing Place (don't worry, I stay loyal to MiceChat lol), and I was wondering if someone could shell out some details and confirm if this is true or not.

So my mom and dad were at the park a few weeks ago. They are Disney fans but not Disney fanatics (like I and my wife/kids are). I have told them the Matterhorn was going to eventually be getting new vehicles. They don't follow this stuff really closely, so when they were in line for the ride, they asked the CM: "so are these the new cars"?

CM: "No, no. These aren't new. But you'd better ride this while you can because in January they are closing it for 18 months."

My mom: "18 months? Really? Is that when they are putting in the new cars?"

CM: "I don't know any of the specifics, all I know is that they told us the ride shuts down in January for 18 months."

I have got to think this CM was either completely out of his mind, misinformed, or pulling my mom's leg. 18 months just seems ridiculous.

Thoughts???

The reason I posted this here is because that topic got so deep into the forbidden zone of Nara Dreamland and the godawful Matterhorn knockoff they had.

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From what I've heard, there is wood connecting the steel frame to the plaster/concrete/whatever-you-call-it shell. If rot was a problem, they might have to do lots of work on that, but even then... 18 months?